Good Afternoon!
We want to wish Chloe a very happy birthday. She turned 4 today and we’re so thankful we were able to spend the day with her!
In pre-k/k group, we read, ‘Room On The Broom’ before discussing greater than and less than. We did the first one together and talked about the numbers 5 and 4. I asked, “Which number is bigger?”. Several friends commented that 5 was bigger than 4.
When working with greater than and less than at this age, using a crocodile’s mouth as a reference works well to introduce this concept at a fundamental level. For instance, I asked, “Okay so if 5 is bigger than 4, would a crocodile want 5 cakes or 4 cakes?”. Everyone answered 5 so when completing the problem, we made sure that the alligators mouth was open to the 5 since 5 was the bigger number!
K.NS.7: Identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than, or equal to the number of objects in another group.
Enjoy a few pictures from the rest of our day!
Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with honey and PPC blackberries.
Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with shredded cheddar cheese, whole wheat tortillas, PPC banana/fresh clementines, and PPC broccoli/cucumbers.
PM snack– Chloe’s birthday treat: fresh peaches along with air popped popcorn with butter.
Wee Sprout– PPC broccoli/cucumber.
Have a great night!
-Mindy
*We are having problems with our internet today so I will post the picture link tomorrow! Thanks!